OVERVIEW:
This title was originally published by Speed Age in Hyattsville, Maryland, from May, 1947 through December, 1959.  It specialized in racing in the beginning, and it later expanded to include road tests of Detroit cars.  Content included general automotive topics, racing updates, antique and sports car content, and some technical information.

The tag line, "America's First Motor Racing Magazine", is an indication of how the publisher wanted to position the magazine for readers.  It changed many times over the years of publication.  But in the last attempt to find a new approach, it took a weird left turn with "Man's Conquest of Time and Space" in the last few issues.

This same title was used briefly in 1969 and a third time from 1987 to 1988.

OWNERSHIP:
The first publishers and editors were Don O'Reilly and Jimmy Quisenberry under the Speed Age brand.  Additional staff members included Roger Huntington and Walter A. Woron.  Mr. Huntington contributed much technical material to many magazines from the 1950s through 1970s, and Walter Woron went on to join Petersen Publishing and helped run Motor Trend and Auto Sportsman titles.

The title ceased publication in December, 1953  But it got a new owner and new life after a five month gap.  It was restarted in June, 1954 by Henry Scharf who published under the entity Speed Sport Magazines, Inc.  Mr. Scharf owned other titles including Car Life and Sports Car Guide.  No personnel carried over from the first publisher's staff.

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PUBLICATION DATA:
Speed Age ranked number three in this time period among automotive titles that provided circulation details (behind Hot Rod and Motor Trend).    The publisher reported annual net paid circulation started at 44,800, climbed to 395,000 issues, then settled in between 200,000 to 340,000 through the end of production.

CONTENT COMPLETENESS:
A total of 147 issues was printed from May, 1947 through December, 1959.  All images are complete for this title.

Speed Age May 1947
May 1947 Vol 1 No 1
Speed Age June 1947
June 1947 Vol 1 No 2
Speed Age July 1947
July 1947 Vol 1 No 3
Speed Age Aug August 1947
Aug 1947 Vol 1 No 4
Speed Age Sept September 1947
Sept 1947 Vol 1 No 9
Speed Age Oct October 1947
Oct 1947 Vol 1 No 6
Speed Age Nov November 1947
Nov 1947 Vol 1 No 7
Speed Age Dec December 1947
Dec 1947 Vol 1 No 8
Speed Age Jan January 1948
Jan 1948 Vol 1 No 9
Speed Age Feb February 1948
Feb 1948 Vol 1 No 10
Speed Age Mar March 1948
Mar 1948 Vol 1 No 11
Speed Age Apr April 1948
Apr 1948 Vol 1 No 12
Speed Age May 1948
May 1948 Vol 2 No 1
Speed Age June 1948
June 1948 Vol 2 No 2
Speed Age July 1948
July 1948 Vol 2 No 3
Speed Age Aug August September Sept 1948
Aug/Sept 1948 Vol 2 No 4
Speed Age Oct October 1948
Oct 1948 Vol 2 No 5
Speed Age Nov November 1948
Nov 1948 Vol 2 No 6
Speed Age Dec December 1948
Dec 1948 Vol 2 No 7
Speed Age Jan January 1949
Jan 1949 Vol 2 No 8
Speed Age Feb February 1949
Feb 1949 Vol 2 No 9
Speed Age Mar March 1949
Mar 1949 Vol 2 No 10
Speed Age Apr April 1949
Apr 1949 Vol 2 No 11
Speed Age May 1949
May 1949 Vol 3 No 1
Speed Age June 1949
June 1949 Vol 3 No 2
Speed Age July 1949
July 1949 Vol 3 No 3
Speed Age Aug August 1949
Aug 1949 Vol 3 No 4
Speed Age Sept September 1949
Sept 1949 Vol 3 No 5
Speed Age Oct October 1949
Oct 1949 Vol 3 No 6
Speed Age Nov November 1949
Nov 1949 Vol 3 No 7
Speed Age Dec December 1949
Dec 1949 Vol 3 No 8
Speed Age Jan January 1950
Jan 1950 Vol 3 No 9
Speed Age Feb February 1950
Feb 1950 Vol 3 No 10
Speed Age Mar March 1950
Mar 1950 Vol 3 No 11
Speed Age Apr April 1950
Apr 1950 Vol 3 No 12
Speed Age May 1950
May 1950 Vol 4 No 1
Speed Age June 1950
June 1950 Vol 4 No 2
Speed Age July 1950
July 1950 Vol 4 No 3
Speed Age Aug August 1950
Aug 1950 Vol 4 No 4
Speed Age Sept September 1950
Sept 1950 Vol 4 No 5
Speed Age Oct October 1950
Oct 1950 Vol 4 No 6
Speed Age Nov November 1950
Nov 1950 Vol 4 No 7
Speed Age Dec December 1950
Dec 1950 Vol 4 No 8
Speed Age Jan January 1951
Jan 1951 Vol 4 No 9
Speed Age Feb February 1951
Feb 1951 Vol 4 No 10
Speed Age Mar March 1951
Mar 1951 Vol 4 No 11
Speed Age Apr April 1951
Apr 1951 Vol 4 No 12
Speed Age May 1951
May 1951 Vol 5 No 1
Speed Age June 1951
June 1951 Vol 5 No 2
Speed Age July 1951
July 1951 Vol 5 No 3
Speed Age Aug August 1951
Aug 1951 Vol 5 No 4
Speed Age Sept September 1951
Sept 1951 Vol 5 No 5
Speed Age Oct October 1951
Oct 1951 Vol 5 No 6
Speed Age Nov November 1951
Nov 1951 Vol 5 No 7
Speed Age Dec December 1951
Dec 1951 Vol 5 No 8
Speed Age 1951 Motor Survey
Vol 5 No 9
Speed Age Jan January 1952
Jan 1952 Vol 5 No 10
Speed Age Feb February 1952
Feb 1952 Vol 5 No 11
Speed Age Mar March 1952
Mar 1952 Vol 5 No 12
Speed Age Apr April 1952
Apr 1952 Vol 5 No 13
Speed Age May 1952
May 1952 Vol 6 No 1
Speed Age June 1952
June 1952 Vol 6 No 2
Speed Age July 1952
July 1952 Vol 6 No 3
Speed Age Aug August 1952
Aug 1952 Vol 6 No 4
Speed Age Sept September 1952
Sept 1952 Vol 6 No 5
Speed Age Oct October 1952
Oct 1952 Vol 6 No 6
Speed Age Nov November 1952
Nov 1952 Vol 6 No 7
Speed Age Dec December 1952
Dec 1952 Vol 6 No 8
Speed Age Jan January 1953
Jan 1953 Vol 6 No 9
Speed Age Feb February 1953
Feb 1953 Vol 6 No 10
Speed Age Mar March 1953
Mar 1953 Vol 6 No 11
Speed Age Apr April 1953
Apr 1953 Vol 6 No 12
Speed Age May 1953
May 1953 Vol 7 No 1
Speed Age June 1953
June 1953 Vol 7 No 2
Speed Age July 1953
July 1953 Vol 7 No 3
Speed Age Aug August 1953
Aug 1953 Vol 7 No 4
Speed Age Sept September 1953
Sept 1953 Vol 7 No 5
Speed Age Oct October 1953
Oct 1953 Vol 7 No 6
Speed Age Nov November 1953
Nov 1953 Vol 7 No 7
Speed Age Dec December 1953
Dec 1953 Vol 7 No 8
1954 to 1959